The Delhi High Court while hearing the case of K.N. Govindacharya v. Union of India [W.P.© 3672/2012] dated 23.08.2013 has directed the appointment…
In part irony and part parody the government has blocked about six twitter accounts which were allegedly “impersonating” our prime minister who is known to be a man of few alphabets. One of…
Last week Medianama and Mint reported that following the injunction granted to Nirmal Baba which we wrote on here, the Delhi High Court has passed a similar ex-parte ad-interim injunction restraining certain defendants from publishing content alleged to be defamatory about Sri Sri Ravi…
Last week the Supreme Court of India, in Aneeta Hada vs M/S Godfather Travels (via @legallyindia) decided the Special Leave Petition filed by Avnish Bajaj, for quashing a criminal case against…
Before TV Channels decried Nirmal Baba as a charlatan and criminal complaints were filed against him in various States, some articles appeared online which did the same. One such article titled as, “is nirmal baba a fraud?” was posted on what appears to be a…
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The Intermediaries Rules, 2011 (or the IT Rules), represent the worst form of legal regulation which is today threatening online discourse and promoting…
In what comes as welcome news to the entire internet community in India, Mr. P. Rajeeve, a CPI(M), MP from Kerala has filed a motion a motion for the annulment of the Intermediaries Guidelines. The text of the motion is quoted below:
Press reports indicate that 22 social networking websites have been asked to put down content by a District Court in Delhi. I am relying on the information reported in the Economic Times and DNA to quote the…
